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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING THE WINNERS OF THE SEVENTH ANNUAL | |
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HOBEY BAKER HIGH SCHOOL CHARACTER AWARD | |
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Introduced By: Senators Tassoni, Paiva Weed, Felag, Metts, and Sheehan | |
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Date Introduced: March 14, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Interscholastic Hockey Coaches Association, in |
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conjunction with the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation, has awarded one high school |
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senior from each of the state’s forty-three participating high schools with the annual Hobey Baker |
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High School Character Award; and |
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WHEREAS, Hobey Baker was the ultimate athlete. He was the captain of both the |
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Hockey and Football teams at Princeton University in 1910. He was inducted into the College, |
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the Canadian, and the American Halls of Fame. He served his country with valor and distinction |
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during World War I as a fighter pilot, but shortly before returning home at the war's end, he was |
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killed in a plane crash in France. He was the embodiment of true sportsmanship and is a symbol |
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of the perfect hero; and |
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WHEREAS, This prestigious award, given in his honor, acknowledges the student- |
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athletes who have demonstrated exemplary spirit, character, and sportsmanship on their teams, at |
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their schools, and in their communities; and |
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WHEREAS, Each of this year’s forty-three award winners are remarkable young men |
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and women who have demonstrated that they are eminently worthy of this prestigious |
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achievement and our recognition; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby recognizes the winners of the 2011-2012 Hobey Baker High School Character Award. We |
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congratulate them for exhibiting superior character and exemplary sportsmanship during the past |
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hockey season, and we encourage all of this year’s winners to continue to be the kind of |
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determined and dedicated young men and women that America truly needs; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution Joseph Judge, Rhode Island State Director, Hobey |
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Baker Character Foundation. |
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